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Can Google Play Take On iTunes?

Google Play builds on the search giant's controversial unified privacy policy, but was essential to compete with Apple, says nicholas…

13 years ago

Liquid Cooling – It All Comes Flooding Back

A couple of years back, we heard that servers would be going to liquid cooling,. The idea seems to be…

13 years ago

New Cloud Jobs Are Just Vapour

Resarch from IDC and Microsoft claims that the cloud will create 14 million jobs. Clive Longbottom does not agree

13 years ago

Libel And The Social Media Is A Corporate Issue

On the Internet, everybody can hear you scream - or belch or break wind - because nothing is erased, not…

13 years ago

Lessons Must Be Learned From Azure’s Leap Year Glitch

Enterprises need to manage their own systems as if it were all on-premises says Chris Preimesberger

13 years ago

Why We Can’t Laugh At Microsoft’s Misery

Through a probably trivial date error, Microsoft's Azure has screwed things up for all the other cloud providers, says Peter…

13 years ago

Windows 8 Presents The Biggest Challenge To iPad 3

While Apple has dominated the tablet space in recent years, the biggest threat to the iPad 3 could be Microsoft’s…

13 years ago

Strange Android Devices Try To Make A Monkey Of Apple’s Gorilla

Tablet makers, realising they can’t beat the iPad 3, are trying to play different games instead. Wayne Rash asks: will…

13 years ago

Hotter Data Centres Need To Find Tougher Kit

Hotter data centres waste less energy but we need vendors to support higher temperature tolerance in their hardware, says Peter…

13 years ago

Is Windows Phone About To Fragment?

Microsoft could be spreading the Windows Phone platform too thin says Nicholas Kolakowski

13 years ago

Choose Your Own Device Promises A More Secure Future

Bring-your-own-device means all manner of hardware is starting to appear on the network. Eric Doyle argues that there is safer…

13 years ago

Is Meg Whitman The Right CEO To Rebuild HP?

HP needs wholesale changes and many questions need to be answered, but the main one is whether Meg Whitman is…

13 years ago

Beware Of Over-Optimism About Virtualisation

Virtualisation is harder than you think, warns Peter Judge

13 years ago

Open Threat Exchange Aims To Improve Your Security For Free

Richard Kirk of AlienVault introduces Open Threat Exchange, a free, open-source enterprise IT security tool

13 years ago

Windows 8 Tablets Need Apps, Low Prices And A Bruised Android

Nicholas Kolkowski explains what Microsoft needs to do to take a chunk of Apple's tablet market

13 years ago

Spooks Are Looking For Skeletons In The Closet

The US government may demand access to your data in the cloud. You can encrypt your data, but that limits…

13 years ago

Believe In The Existence Of Android 5.0 When You See It

Just because adoption of Ice Cream Sandwich has been slow doesn't mean the release of 5.0 Jelly Bean is around…

13 years ago

New Types Of Cloud Need New Types Of Security

As private and public clouds begin to interact and new types of cloud emerge, the security market is expected to…

13 years ago

Russian Silicon Valley Innovators Seek UK Collaboration

A delegation from the Skolkovo Foundation, the Russian equivalent of Silicon Valley, visited the UK seeking co-operation and investment, Max…

13 years ago

Apple Must Do More Than Inspect To Protect Foxconn Workers

While inspections of Foxconn may be good PR, Apple will need to take more effective to action to prevent workers…

13 years ago

Microsoft Faces Stiff Challenge To Convert People To Windows 8

A reluctance to upgrade from Windows 7 and a slow start in the tablet market could harm Microsoft's latest operating…

13 years ago

Goodbye Forever, Darling, I’m Working From Home

What would you give up to work from home? Some Americans would ditch their partner to join the pyjama brigade,…

13 years ago

US Drafts A Hard ACTA To Follow

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is just another way to satisfy the US corporate overlords now SOPA is gone, argues…

13 years ago

Celebrating SUSE’s 20 Years Of Linux Love

SUSE's anniversary will be marked by a series of global events commemorating key technology, community and corporate milestones, says Darryl…

13 years ago

Oracle Takes Taleo And A Major Step Into Cloud Services

Taleo is the latest step in Oracle's long-term strategy to build up its cloud service provision, says Chris Preimesberger

13 years ago

Google’s Existential Threat Mirrors Microsoft’s ‘Tidal Wave’ Warning

Google is facing a similar threat from Facebook that Microsoft faced with the Internet and, later, from Google itself, says…

13 years ago

e-Waste: Liability Or Resource?

Electronic waste is a problem. But the solution could give gadgets a more human life cycle which conserves raw materials…

13 years ago

Securing the Kindle Fire for the Enterprise

There will be a lot of Amazon Kindle Fires out there, and users will want to integrate them into the…

13 years ago

Operation Stepchange Will Show Businesses How Remote Working Is Done

It’s a little short sighted to assume that all there is to remote working is connecting your work laptop to…

13 years ago

The Dangerous World Of Bring Your Own Devastation (BYOD)

A Bring Your Own Device policy has many attractive attributes but the security risks can be enormous and, as yet,…

13 years ago